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This might explain why early optical mice used a grid patterned mouse pad. I had one from Mouse Systems and the mouse pad it came with was a metal plate printed
by hedgehog 3y ago
This might explain why early optical mice used a grid patterned mouse pad. I had one from Mouse Systems and the mouse pad it came with was a metal plate printed with a fine grid pattern.
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- efilife 3y agoWhat does a fine pattern mean in this context?
- bostik 3y agoAbout the density of a technical drawing paper, IIRC. Our school had those metallic optical mouse mats back in 1990. I distinctly remember that some of the lines were blue, but there were silvery lines in a finer pattern between them.
- nonrandomstring 3y agoI remember. They were amazing. Sun SPARCs came with those. Really pleasant to use. I wonder whether you can still get mouse mats like that and whether they improve (or even work with) modern camera based optical mice?
- zimpenfish 3y agohttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Sun_optical_mouse.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Sun_opti... IIRC it was about 0.5mm but it's been decades since I saw one in real life.
- hedgehog 3y agoYes, looked just like that colors and all. The latency on those mice was really low in comparison to ball mice.
- zimpenfish 3y agoSuper annoying in a computer lab when someone has nicked one of the mouse pads though. Happened on a regular basis back when I was in Uni.
- gattilorenz 3y agovery fine lines: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Sun_optical_mouse.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Sun_opti...